WHY DO I LIE TO MYSELF

BY JAZZY JEFF

The NEAR and FAR cards were printed by Cumbersome Multiples Press on a 1928 Chandler & Price letterpress using antique wooden type. PonyXpress writers wrote a response to the word on the cover. The cards were passed to the next writers and they used the prompt to write on the back.

I like it when I lie to myself,
I don’t have to face my hell.
I don’t have to hear my destructions you tell,
I like it when I lie to myself.

Every morning I wake up in my cell,
from a dream, I’ll never be able to tell,
Because of the many times I have fail,
so it is better, that I lie to myself.

Through my day here I fake my smiles,
while I hide my frown deep inside.
And the pain I cannot bear to show
because then you’ll see the truth of me unfold.

So, I count the days and months to the gate,
but there’s many instances, where I lose my faith.
So to see reality, I must fantasize my wait,
but in the meantime, I’ deal with these idiots I hate.

So, I like it when I lie to myself,
I am the greatest pretender, can’t you tell?
I live in a world, that’s bound for hell,
and the only escape, is to lie to myself.

Now you know, why I lie to myself. | JJ